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Canon is introducing the first consumer HDV 24p camera. It's 1100. The HV10 and HV20. Although they lack many other features... if you want 24p and HDV cheap. Canon is kind of amazing right now

Is there a way to determine the ISO of a digital video camera? I'm almost certain the ISO cannot be found in the manual. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong places. I'm very curious. Like say, the pd-170. Thanks.

I'm sorry, I should have been clearer. I didn't mean that one is never allowed to use practicals, just that it is generally impractical to entirely light a set with a lamp or candle. It can work, it's just difficult. Of course on a larger scale, the whole situation becomes practical when you can...

Ah, yes, I missed that. But even so...

I would keep in mind that filmschool isn't just about making money in the future, but finding your voice and style. David Lynch started his career making extremely avant-garde short films. Would they ever make money? Not really. But they led to the creation of many masterworks (i.e. Mulholland...

It's also amazing how on bhvideo, the PD-170 and the XH-A1 are the same price... When the A1 basically is better in every conceivable way.

We'd be shooting on HDV hopefully, they can't afford to rent an HVX200, but looking into the canon XH-A1 or possibly getting the school to pay for it. The school has Sony PD-170's. That was some really good advice about lighting. Also I'm concerned though about how to get the necessary shots in...

I'm shooting a senior thesis project, and there is a dialogue scene in a moving car at night. This is basically a very low budget film, although since it's associated with a college, I can get quite a bit of decent equipment for free. I know this has been discussed before, but not on this kind...

Also in that high end category I think would be: Canon XH-A1. Which is almost the same as the H1 except only $3,500. XH-A1 -Format: HDV -3 1/3 inch native 16:9 CCD's (1440x1080 resolution) -0.4 lux! -XLR inputs: YES -24f, 30f, 60i -Lens: Dedicated (but still good old canon optics!) It's not...

For really cheap lights, I highly recommend work lights. They're crude, but effective. They're hard to control, but give you a lot of light. Practicals work okay, but generally are impractical with lower end miniDV camcorders since they don't produce enough light. The end result is an extremely...

I have been asked to DP a t.v. pilot, and I was interested in the visual standards/etiquette for shooting something of this nature. I don't watch much t.v.. I almost feel stupid asking such a basic question, but is there a frame rate expected of television (i.e. 24fps, 60i), or format expected...

Surjones, I have no interest in this topic getting "personal". I also have no interest in planning out this kids life and how many jobs he should get or how he should manage his finances. To simplify, all I'm saying is that: 1. You don't need an HVX200 in order to be a good filmmaker or...

all this proves is that you had a lot of money in high school... most high school graduates i know (and I graduated last june), dont have 6 or 7k to spend on a camera with college costs rising. I wouldn't buy a camera that expensive (HVX) expecting to pay it off with gigs unless I had some sort...

Come on guys... Recommending that a high school graduate purchase an HVX... Okay, let's just break this down. Camera - $5,300 P2 Card - $1300 for like, 16min (this is because the whole idea of variable frame rates in digital is that there are no moving components in the card, so it can...

It sounds like an interesting story. It's been a while, but for some reason it reminds me vividly of "Garden State". But then, I'm having a hard time remembering the plot at the moment.

1. I missed the words "especially used" in your previous post... I thought post read "there are plenty of 24p for around $2000 or less"... 2. The canon Gl1 is not a 24p camera. 3. I would recommend against buying something that expensive used since you don't know how it has been treated or how...

Plenty? Please do tell...

It is definetly not a 24p camera for $300... Try about $3500...

I think its idealistic, and possible. It really depends on you-that is, your ideas, motivation, effort all that. And then the people you meet while in film school.

I find it difficult to apply set formulas to filmmaking. The thing about filmmaking, is sure some jobs have more work than others, but all of them are equally important in the final product. So where is Sound Design in there, and Production Design, and Editing??? I know you're being general, but...